Leandro BeckaNational University of La Plata | UNLP · Instituto de Investigaciones en Turismo
Leandro Becka
Master of Business Administration
I am passionate about technology and management, two areas that I have sought to unify in the professional field
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Introduction
Researcher at Tourism Research Institute, National University of La Plata.
Bachelor's Degree in Tourism at Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Thesis: “Esports Events: a study of its particularities from a tourism perspective”.
Skills and Expertise
Education
February 2020 - December 2021
March 2014 - April 2019
Publications
Publications (10)
This chapter provides an overview of stakeholders in the collegiate (i.e., higher education) competitive esports environment, including students; faculty, staff, and administrators; game studios; sponsors; tournament organizers, leagues; regulatory bodies; and venues for competition. It relays ongoing concerns regarding integrating esports into hig...
This chapter offers an introduction to the diverse and evolving esports scenes and communities in four prominent South American countries: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile, to provide a glimpse of the esports culture in the region. The gaming culture and context of each country are explored, with a brief historical background of main titles and e...
Objetivo: Identificar la potencialidad de las ciudades o destinos turísticos de Argentina para desarrollar inteligencia territorial, analizando las condiciones y características que estos territorios poseen en base a indicadores de inteligencia existentes.
En 2015, el gobierno municipal de Tigre llevó a cabo el proceso de inscripción de la “Ciudad de Tigre y sus clubes de remo” a la Lista Indicativa del Patrimonio Mundial de UNESCO. Dicho proceso se fundamentó en un intercambio de valores humanos, expresados en el paisaje urbano y en la arquitectura, donde la ciudad se consolidó como un centro turíst...
In the field of tourism, many destinations are familiar with receiving visitors motivated to travel for traditional sport events. But working in esports is another world entirely since it combines the competitiveness of sport with entertainment. It is from these particularities that tourism destinations that want to host this type of event must lea...
This chapter aims to discuss disability, aging, and accessibility and their relationship with technology trends, taking into account a world full of different kind of constraints, taking Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Sydney (Australia) as study cases. Moreover, the authors also study how a hypothetically smart and accessible city could set the basis...
El presente artículo de divulgación busca poner en evidencia cómo un destino turístico podría beneficiarse de la realización de eventos esports en su territorio.
En un contexto donde la tecnología está cada vez más presente en los distintos
aspectos de la vida, se ha dado el surgimiento del denominado fenómeno de los
Deportes Electrónicos, o “esports”: jugar de manera competitiva y profesional un
videojuego. El aumento constante en la audiencia de deportes electrónicos y en el
número de competiciones organi...
El presente artículo de divulgación tiene por finalidad la de establecer una serie de conceptos del ámbito del turismo para categorizar a los deportes electrónicos como una tipología turística, más específicamente el turismo de eventos.
